It's Fall

Yep, it's official. Applesauce and Pumpkins definitely solidify fall for me. The Stagg Clan picked a BUNCH of apples for us to make applesauce with, so Jolene came up Wednesday night we got started.

56 quarts later...YUMMERS! We made plain golden, some with cinnamon, and some spiced!

After mass amounts of canning we decided to take the Bitty-Kins and LindyJean to the Pumpkin Patch to get some pumpkins and gourds. After the pumpkin patch, Boss met us at DK's for burgers and fries...it was AWESOME!

We even found Bitty sized Pumpkins!

Nebraska Part 3

While I was in Nebraska, Carries friends Katie, Tiffany, and I threw Carrie a baby shower, which I was so excited to be a part of. Katie made awesome squash potato soup, pesto bruschetta, chicken salad mini sandwhiches, and wonderful cupcakes!

The best part of this shower was there were NO games! Yep, we are breakin' the mold, who likes games anyway right? Katie and Tiffany are wonderful seamstress' and have loads of fabric, so we decided to let people pick a shape and fabric and make something cute on a onesie or burp cloth and it was soooo much fun!

Here is my robot and Tiffany's owl...which was sooo amazing.

Here is Carrie and I with more onesies.

Katie makes amazing baby booties...how cute are these. This is Carrie's favorite fabric.

Nebraska Post 2-Cookie Pizza

So back in college Carrie and I used to make on a regular basis, Cookie Pizza...yep, healthy, hearty, cookie pizza. Neither of us has had it in a really long time, so we decded to rlive the tradition! Here goes...1 roll of chocolate chip cookie dough, spread out on a pizza pan, bake that until it is done. When it is hot, plop on spoonfulls of peanut butter and coconut pecan frosting, let it melt a little, spread it around. Then top with butterscotch chips, broken up skor bar, peanut m&m's, butterfinger, mr. goodbar, and any other candy bar you deem necessary. It is fantastic! And my favorite way to eat it is frozen.

Here it is all spread out ready to be baked.

The finished product! Oh so tasty!

Here we are enjoying!

Nebraska Post 1

Sunday after the wedding Brian took me to Seattle to spend the night with Kevin and Meara so Kevin could take me to the airport Monday am for my flight to Nebraska. I arrived Monday into Omaha where Seth and Carrie picked me up for dinner and then we headed to Lincoln. As you can imagine on the drive it is surrounded by corn and soybeans (which I need to get a picture of) but along the freeway are these HUGE corn silo's I will call them, there are a few of them around and I just think they are so cool!

Tuesday morning we headed back to Omaha to help Seth set up the Vivayic (their companie's booth at a trade show) Booth. Carrie designed the booth, she is soooo good at making booths look awesome and inviting.

Here is her and Seth!

Wednesday we spent the day shopping around for stuff for the babies room, (she is having a boy in December) and then Wednesday night we went to the neighbor's house for ladies night, they live in a fabulous neighborhood where all the neighbors get along, have parties, help eachother, etc., it's like all american neighborhood should be. Katie is one of Carrie's fabulous neighbors and friends, she has a sewing fetish and makes the most fun baby gifts! We always have fun with Katie! The dog is little Harper Sue, Carrie and Seth's pup!

Last Wedding Weekend

This weekend Jonda and I went to Cle Elum for the fabulous wedding of Julia and Dustin. It was a seriously beautiful day and we had a blast! Jonda and I ate maple bars from the Cle Elum bakery and jerky from Owen's Meats in Cle Elum both famous for those items...soo delish!

Jonda and I couldn't help posing with the random statue...

So I am known for demonstrating my poses...it just makes more sense them me explaining them..well I wanted Dustin to pick her up and twirl her, so I gladly demonstrated...well Jonda happened to be snapping photos...hahaha.

Take your wife to work day...

So it really wasn't take your wife to work day, wouldn't it be great if there was such a thing. Yesterday I rode around with Brian for a few hours capturing Lima Bean Harvest for National....they are updating websites and brochures and need new photos. So ya'll get a little slice of the day in the life of Brian. I should have taken a picture of his phone because the poor guy talks on it all day long, there is a mass amount of coordination between the harvest crews, the growers, the plants, HR, the bean cutter, the mechanics, etc. Here is a field of Lima's that has been cut by the bean cutter and now the harvesters are taking over.

Checking the field...

More Lima Bean checking...

Checking the truck...

I just liked this picture with the harvesters in the background.

Family, Friends, and Photoshoots!

While Brian is trying to combat harvest in the rain, I have been extremely lucky and have managed to dodge the rain for all my shoots with my positive mental attitude...

This weekend Brad and Steph were home so they came for dinner and smores, Anika's first campfire...(oops no pictures)...that's bad!

Saturday morning Steph and I went to town for coffee and a little hanging out, then Jonda and I had a photo shoot with the awesome gals of Love and Lavender.

Saturday evening Seth and Carrie came over to stay the night on their way to Odessa. Seth is the king of self portraits...so here we are!

Sunday morning we went to Odessa for Deutschfest (a german festival with delicious food) and Granny Bar Bar cookies....this cookie is like a combo between cake and cookie with a hint of lemon...it is a mystery how granny bar bar makes them, people have tried duplicating but it hasn't been done...

We ate sausage, sauerkraut, cabbage rolls, and alot of other things I can not pronounce...or spell....but they were all equally delicious!